StarLink's Headache - Routing the Cable
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How to route the StarLink cable and make your install much easier. This is the most difficult challenge to get up and running on StarLink. Anyone can plug in the router and get a signal but crawling through the attic or basement gets hard and dirty very quickly. Plan your strategy and consider all options before making your move. Good luck and hope these tips help.
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If you liked this video please check out the part II or as I call it Final Install. Thanks for watching. czcams.com/video/UgudDNFv0VA/video.html
Competent old guys doing projects is my jam.
Jam away my friend :) Thank you for watching.
I found that if you look carefully at the bottom of the router (version 2), you can see a light inside when it is powered. I agree they should have put at least two lights on the face, one that tells you it's powered on and another that tells you signal is received from dish to router.
Thanks for the comment.
A lot of tips here, and thanks tons. Putting a version 3 up at our lake place this weekend, and in addition to the spade bits, I'm bringing the hole saws along.
Thank much for the comment and good luck with your install.
I just opened my box today. The only thing I was trying to figure out was how to get the cable through the wall. This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much!
You are welcome and you will love the Starlink. Please check my other channel for more Starlink content.
That’s my problem too
@@jimsteinway695 Hope the video helped. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
Finally a video that shows the cabling. Thanks again.
Thanks! Please check my other CZcams channel for more Starlink videos including the Part II on Routing the Cable. Link: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
You are an extremely smart man! I wouldn't know how to begin to even make a video! Thanks for this!
Tricia you are too kind; thank you.
Awesome. I'm not exactly what you would call a skilled carpenter and don't have much, if any experience with carpentry tools. So I found the pre-drilled board absolutely genius!! That's exactly why I wanted to watch this video to determine what size of hole I need to feed my starlink cable through and never would have thought of just doing that at home to check!! I'm sure it's carpentry ABC but I never woulda thunk it!! Love the video!
Great! Glad the video was a help. Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching. BTW, I do have more Starlink videos on my other channel, czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
very true the cable is the real headache, good video
Thank you! I have more Starlink videos on my other channel, please take a look: www.youtube.com/@jackhunnicutt
This video is one of the best I’ve seen
Appreciate your kind remarks Rodney. Thanks for watching and I have more Starlink content on my other CZcams channel here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Great video, I'm installing mine tomorrow. Thru block and brick, didn't know if a 3/4 would work, which I have. A 1'' x 12 "masonry bit is 36 dollars at home depot. Thanks!
Good luck with the install and thanks for watching.
Best starlink setup video yet. Great job. Thank you.
Thanks Nick, really appreciate your comment.
@@LandingZoneHome No problem and thank you! You are great at this. Keep it up.
Just received my starlink yesterday. I was in waiting list for basic home dish since November. So I canceled that and purchased the roam dish. Received it about 5 days later. Going to mount the dish on roof using old Dish tv mount . Looks like it is going to be much better than my crappy frontier!! 🙄Great video. Thanks
Frontier is what I dropped moving to Starlink and never looked back. Thanks for watching.
I just got starlink a few days ago. It is by far faster than my Verizon mifi internet I had for years !
My experience with computers and Ethernet started in 1993. I setup mine in 5 minutes at home, I’m in Oregon headed to Arizona each winter to avoid snow and got the RV version of Starlink. Mounting in an RV gives problems to most and should not be attempted by newbie’s. Permanently mounting on an RV is possible without disassemble of the system to move. CZcams videos confirm this. Great job on your install young man! 😊
It’s possible to cut the cord and reconnect/splice it for hard to get thru places. Power over Ethernet (POE) is the cable used to realign the dish motor. In Oregon (Sunriver) 3 days after I ordered Starlink it was delivered .
Appreciate the great comment and thank you for watching Donald.
Awesome video gonna have to route my cable tomorrow after work
Thank you for the commend and I have more Starlink videos on my other channel. youtube.com/@jackhunnicutt
Quite helpful, thanks for the template showing the hole sizes. Waiting now for equipment to ship, on the Best Effort plan ahead of getting onto the Residential plan. Have high hopes that this is the correct decision.
I too was having mixed feeling on making the right decision or not, but Starlink has worked out very good so far. Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching. I have more Starlink videos on my other channel here: youtube.com/@jackhunnicutt
I intend on using mine on my fifth wheel. I will purchase a separate cable and install in in the fifth wheel. The antenna feet will sit in pins drilled to accept a clevis pin. I can then dismount the antenna while leaving the cable in place (exterior connector covered to protect it). I can then unplug the WIFI router and take it to the fifth wheel. We will see this spring!
Hopefully Starlink will have an opening for you at your RV destination. Once they achieve full mobility, I will be using it on the road as well. Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching.
I have Starlink for over a year but loved your very professional install!
Appreciate your commend Roger and thanks for watching.
Thanks to your video I was able to figure out how to remove the cable from the antenna. The wire looked as if it was molded into the support tube, then I saw you pull it out!! I was leery of pulling on it till I watched you do it, Starlink instructions makes no mention at all as to how to simply remove that cable at the antenna end !! That smaller end is MUCH easier to fish through a wall than the 90 degree end connector !!
Thank you for watching and glad my video helped. I have more Starlink videos on my other channel here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Wish they’d made a removable end instead of such a large plug to run through holes
That would make a difference. I have more Starlink videos on my other channel, please check them out. www.youtube.com/@jackhunnicutt
Thank you for this. This is the issue, I've been losing sleep over.
I actually lost sleep over this issue as well.... I have more Starlink videos on my other CZcams channel, please check it out and subscribe here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Great video thanks,
I'm in the UK my kit arrived 2 days ago. I need to feed my cable through a double skin cinderblock then brick wall 18' up the wall under the eves so I'm going to have to tape it to my cable feeder. I have the long wall mount kit. Unfortunately it doesn't come with Rawl plugs.
I know why they made the cable the way they did but like you said you have to start feeding from the router location.they should make the cable the same on both ends then have an adapter that connects it to a female connector near the router. Thanks again.
Appreciate the comment and good luck with your install. I do have more Starlink content on my other CZcams channel at this link: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
This is pretty helpful info, I installed a Starling dish and had teh whole cable routed from the dish to the house, before I figured out the cable could be removed from the dish itself and that was thinner...
Glad it was helpful and thanks for watching. I also have more Starlink videos on my other channel, please check it out >> czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
How does it remove from the dish? Do you just pull? I feel like I'm going to break it 😂
@@SugarMapleForge Squeeze and pull.
I appreciate this I'm going to be getting this soon and I'm trying to figure out what the best way will be for me to do it. This will be the first time every trying to tackle something like this myself
The technology is so simple you will have no problem. Like the video says the real challenge is getting the cable in place. Good luck and give us an update in the future.
@@LandingZoneHome appreciate it and will do
excellent video, I would have enjoyed seeing the connection to the router inside the house as well but still appreciate your video! thanks!. Edit: just noticed the second part! :)
Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching. BTW I have more Starlink videos on my other channel here youtube.com/@jackhunnicutt
Will follow your progress.
Extremely happy with the speed and reliability so far. Thanks for watching Larry.
Brill video defo needed u right on rest of vids just been unboxing vids and no installing. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Kevin for watching and the comment.
To hide your wire better i would take a small paintbrush and I a can of white paint and go over the wire as you attach it to the building.
Thats a great idea, thanks.
Thanks for the cable routing tips and tricks. It was very helpful to see the end not connected to the sat dish, to see how fat it is.
Your original service must have been DSL. That's about how slow my DSL is. I usually go to a local Starbucks or Subway sandwich shop for my video uploads.
You'll love Starlink, Appreciate your commend and thanks for watching.
Good for you. Pretty well thought out and executed. Enjoy!
Thanks for watching John.
Great job, meat and potato's install video compared to the "influencers" videos.
Thank you, appreciate your comment. Please subscribe if you can :)
This is what i was looking for. Ty.
Glad it helped.
This is exactly what I need to know. Thank you very much.
Very glad you found the video useful. Thanks for watching and I have more Starlink videos at this link: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
I'm kinda glad there are no lights on the front. Seems like every kind of tech I own has bright green or red or blue lights that I have to cover with tape or else they light my bedroom up at night. Just got my Starlink shipping notification yesterday! I live in the boonies of northeast AL so any speed I get over 2mbps will be better than anything I've had in the past 2 years
My router is in a room where we seldom go so lights on or off is not a problem but I know the issue with lights on electronics in my RV. Appreciate the comment and thanks for watching. BTW, you will love your Starlink. :)
This was amazing, thank you!
Very glad you like it, please subscribe if you can. :)
Great video. I had an easier time of getting cable into the house than you, thank goodness. I went in to the stand up part of the attic then down through an interior wall near the top since router sits on a tall cabinet. I am also interested in using my Starlink for my RV but it would not be convenient to undo the cable install to have use of it with the RV. Looks like I will have to buy another 75' cable for $64 for the RV.
My plan is to buy another cable also and use that with the RV. I have more Starlink videos on my other CZcams channel, please check it out and subscribe. Thanks for watching. czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
I feel for ya. I have Frontier too and I abso-freaking-lutely DESPISE them.
Hoping the Starlink that just got here, that we've been waiting about 15 months for, will serve the whole house. My room is an enclosed carport, and has a brick wall between me and the rest of the house.
I expect to be disappointed. That's just my luck.
I think you will be surprised. If there are any opening in the brick wall such as a window or door you should get coverage. Thanks for watching and I have more Starlink content on my other channel at this link. czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
@@LandingZoneHome Unfortunately it's a solid wall. There is a door on the other (previously external) brick wall leading into the house, but wifi has never played nice.
After looking around a little, I'll probably end up having to get a wifi range extender. But I keep reading that it cuts the speeds way down.
And there's no ethernet connection on the router. That surprised me.
Will check out your other Starlink stuff. I hope I can find a cheap and easy way to get what I've been waiting for since hearing about this thing 3+ years ago, and spending 15 months on the waiting list.
Thanks.
@@Quazi-moto I got the ethernet adapter and it works great. Good luck.
@@JackHunnicutt Thanks for the input!
I've another question or two, if ya don't mind: Can the SL router do both ethernet and wifi at the same time? I'm finding conflicting info online.
Also, how much do speeds suffer through wired connections? I've read that it's as much as halved, or that it's barely noticeable.
@@Quazi-moto We use both at the same time and don't see any speed reductions. The speed is so good even if you did loose a little you wouldn't notice it.
Great video
Thank you!
The cabling is bullet proof. They must use the same ingredients in their cable insulator that they use in the space X rocket hulls. I had it tightly shoved behind some aluminum flashing. I had decided to reroute the cabling. And it was stuck like how a fish hook gets stuck. Anyway my only option was to pull. And pull hard. AF! And the flashing did scratch the insulation. But the cable was fine. Works like a charm. I feel like you’d have to do some pretty terrible things to put that cable out of service.
Sounds strong. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks. Great tip.
Many thanks! I have more Starlink videos here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Excellent video, thank you!
Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching.
I have a trilevel house that is a nightmare to run cable. The ground floor is a slab and i have the second floor above . I have two separate attics that is a challenge to run cables to each other.
Sounds like a real challenge. You may also need to extend the wifi coverage. I have a video showing how to do that on my other channel, check it out. youtube.com/@jackhunnicutt
They are a 1" split grommet for 3/8" cable the face of the router is Elons vision of the planetary rotational relationship of Earth and Mars everyone thinks it should light up but it doesn't.
This was a very good install video the kit your getting includes the 2 split grommets a 1" spade bit a 1/8" pilot bit a 7/8 " carboard tube, a tube of silicon and 5 cable clips. so now you need to wait for the Ethernet adapter.
Very good information and from your descriptions the grommets may be too large for my entry holes. Yes, looking forward to getting the Ethernet adapter and poll mount. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
The inside of the grommet is a ribbed section with I think 5 ribbed fins what I did was just cut down the ribbed fin to fit inside the hole.
@@brianseay3539 Thanks, I'll keep this in mind when my kit arrives.
I just opened my kit today and was wondering if my router wasn't working properly because I expected the planets to light up. Now I know! Thank you!
@@jkm771 Originally I though there would be lights too. Thanks for watching and I have started putting my Starlink video on my other CZcams channel at this link: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
I highly recommend using a grommet for the hole you drilled through the metal you can get various sizes. I installed a outside camera at my house and I ran my cable about the soffit those panels are really easy to remove with a vinyl unlocking tool , that way your cable is hide
Appreciate the tip and thanks for watching William.
If you download the pdf for the wall mount it has the size you need to have for the hole protector
Thanks for the info and for watching.
Great video, but I have to say. American houses and especially wiring is giving me the chills. I just don’t understand why anybody would build houses like a shed and run wires on the outside of the House. Blows my mind.
Seems to be about the only choice, thanks for watching.
LoL my Starlink 2.0 gives me about 3mps down and 8 up. They insisted it’s the Ethernet connectors that are bad. Ends up they did “tests” on the equipment and determined the dish is failing. This is my second unit, first failed in less than a month. Not looking forward to exchanging the equipment again. Having second thoughts about the longevity of Starlink dish.
You surely got a bad unit. Wish you luck with the replacement and thanks for watching.
@@LandingZoneHome thanks. Now we get to pay more too.
To find out your speed in Megabytes, divide the Megabits numbers you see by 8. Hopefully at some time in the future the speeds will be symmetrical, the upload speed still sucks compared to fiber and cable, but if you cannot get either this is better than what you have for now.
Definitely better than what I had. Thanks for watching and I have more Starlink videos on my other channel here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Great Job! This is exactly what I was looking for. There isn't much video with someone running cable to the house.
1. Is your the RV version?
2. We are on the list for the actual Starlink satellite, so in the mean time we opt to buying the Starlink RV.
3. We just finished building our home and the last thing I want is more holes. So, the builder installed a box outside the home for any service provider to fish their cables and into our box in our closet.
So I am wondering if you have any insight as to how much of a cable do you need to run the cable from Starlink to house. From the looks of my setup, it goes to the side of the house to the attic and back to my closet. But the Starlink box needs to be in the middle of the house. is there a way to incorporate a router from my closet using a cat 5 to the Starlink box? Right now, I am running the cable under my patio door.
I do not have the RV Starlink. Hard to estimate how much cable you need. Some people has an outside box which converts the Starlink cable to a Cat 5 then run the Cat 5 to the inside router location. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching. I also have a Part 2 to this video on my other CZcams Channel located here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
With Bell DSL it takes 2-3 days to upload a 15 minute video in 1080p.
I feel your pain until I got Starlink. Thanks for watching.
Im about to buy this. Single female, gonna install myself in roof. Never done anything like this.
Gonna try to follow old Hughesnet mount/holes/cables so i dont have to drill...
Anything else need to be done with cables, like grounding, etc?
Im also not looking forward to getting up in the crawlspace with all the scorpions and spiders...
Once you get the cable in place it is a piece of cake. Good luck.
The cable routing is definitely the worst part, I just got a brand new home built and I really don’t wanna put any holes in it lol
Yeah I know what you mean. Good luck and thanks for watching and subscribe if you can please :)
thky
Thank you Daniel for watching and please Subscribe if you can :)
Great video! Million dollar question-when and how do I do all of this with my airstream?
As soon as StarLink goes mobile I'll find a way to get it in my Airstream. Hope it is sooner rather than later. Thanks for watching.
Great, both of y'all keep me posted lol
@@user-jx2rj8tz6m Will do!
Through the floor into a cabinet. I’m using mine in a fifth wheel while in the SW for the winter.
@@paulshannon4576 Great idea. Thanks for watching.
did you find rubber grommets for the holes in the metal. That would be better than tape
I had two that came with the Starlink Wall Kit but I have yet looked to replace that "tape" you mentioned. But I'll eventually get to a hardware store and check. Thanks for the comment and for watching.
The business model allows you to take it anywhere from my understanding
Just this week Starlink announced the service is now Portable for a fee of $25. This is a big deal for many. Thanks for watching.
looks like you had some form of dsl probably att if I had to guess
Frontier Communications. Appreciate your commend and thanks for watching.
My walls are 3 ft thick brick. I soon found out the fun game of getting that proprietary cable through the wall to the outside. Having to make a 1" hole for a 6mm cable is pretty silly, I dont see why they didnt just stick with Cat6... but hey, now I have to spend £35 on a network adapter, so I guess thats why.
Sounds like a bunker! Good luck with that job and I have no idea on the cable design decisions. Thank you for watching.
@@LandingZoneHome old Edwardian house in the UK. They don't make them like they used to 😉
@@ukrainewarroom8410 I like it!
Are you leaving cable lying on the ground exposed to the elements?
Not on the ground but yes exposed to the elements, sun and rain.
its enough to use some polymer glue or seal
Drilling my holes this evening. What size did the grommets in the kit end up being?
They are made to fit several sizes and worked perfectly for me and I used the hole size you see in the video. Thank you for watching.
You went with the “decent” spot? I moved around until I found “great” nowhere on my roof can I get it to say “excellent”
Good show and thanks for watching. I have more Starlink videos on my other channel here: My Channel: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Good video. Just curious..how are you finding reception in the house with brick walls? I have a similar situation. My unit is shipping now and I'm trying to decide where to place the modem.
Signal strength inside the house is great but I do not have interier brick walls. I think brick will be difficult. Thanks for watching and I have more Starlink videos here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
@@LandingZoneHome I don't have interior brick walls either but in your interior shot, it looked like you might. Was actually wondering how the strength of a Starlink router is compared to other mainstream routers.
@@gadget_Bob Sorry but I don't have that comparison.
When connecting to the base, can you run the wire throught the bottom of the base or no?
I no longer use the ground base and can't remember. On the pole mount you can so maybe the base is the same. Hope someone else can chime in and give you a better answer. Thanks for watching and I have more Starlink videos at this link which may better show how the cable connects: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
The answer is yes - the wire can be routed through the bottom or the side. I also switched to the pole mount since I needed height to get above trees in my yard.
@@jimlans Thanks Jim, I now have my pole installed which you can see the video on this and more Starlink videos at this link. czcams.com/video/UgudDNFv0VA/video.html
Wow, what internet did you have before Starlink? That was pretty terrible - 0.5 Mbps?
Frontier Communications. Thank you for watching.
How far away from the house did you have to be so the house did not block the dish view of the sky? Does the dish need to point north or etc? I would like to do a pole mount but not sure which direction / side of the house and how far away from the house? The house is over 20 feet tall. So a pole mount could be blocked by a 20 foot high house.
Dish about 10 ft from house but roof eve is only 1 story or about 9 ft. looking almost due north and almost straight up, you can check using the smartphone app. thanks for watching.
can't the cable be spliced?
If you had the special tools to do so. Thanks for watching.
Did the Starlink grommets fit in the 5/8 inch holes that you drilled ?
Sorry.....I see that you drilled 3/4 inch holes. Was that the right size for the Starlink grommets ?
Worked fine. I did a Part II video which completes the install, look in the video description for the link. Thanks for watching.
My starlink started at about 147mbps then now its about 50mbps. Don't no why.
Check for obstructions. Mine changed when spring came and leaves covered the trees. Thanks for watching.
@@LandingZoneHome how much did it change?
@@wornout_joystick Over 10 percent.
I'm not a fan of those huge ends on that proprietary cable
It is what it is, at least both ends of the cable are detached now unlike the previous version. Thanks for watching and stay turned for my part two on the Starlink install.
@@LandingZoneHome good point
I’m so pissed off at Starlink. We just got our kit after waiting 10 months, and right out of the box the modem and or Ethernet cable was bad. Are there any companies that practice QUALITY ASSURANCE anymore? For the price I paid, I should NOT have ANY ISSUES. I’m not real happy, but the internet I have now (Viacom) SUCKS, and it’s expensive (60 gb for $160 a month, and I can’t stream so I have to pay for Direct Tv also so my wife can watch her “how to kill your husband” crime shows.) I live VERY RURAL so my options are extremely limited.
I feel your pain my friend. So far mine has been perfect but I do know sooner or later electronics do fail. Unfortunetely you apparently got a bad one right out of the box. I hope you have contacted customer support, I understand they are pretty good at replacing failed items but it does take a little time. Good luck and BTW, I have more Starlink videos on my other CZcams channel here: czcams.com/channels/2pTsYF2iKNmNlQKVIRQthQ.html
Where are you located?
Pensacola, Florida. Thanks for watching.
Scan for studs first
Great tip, appreciate the comment, thanks for watching and please subscribe Scott :)
Just installed mine. Took like, 30 minutes. I'm confused.
Congratulations!
This is 17:02 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. I learned absolutely nothing I didn’t already know in life
Sorry about that but plenty of other people seemed to like it. Cheers.
Robbie, this is 30 seconds of my life I’ll never get back, as your comment is meaningless.
Here's a complainer😢
I think he loves to hear himself talk.
Thanks for the video..
I am not impressed with the engineering on this product, it feels like it was designed by an intern.
No builtin ethernet port, custom poe cable required, double rt angle cable connectors makes it extra difficult to feed through a wall, a power indicator that you can barely see, no power indicator on the antenna, no admin page for setting up the router..cant change the un & pw without using an app on your phone.
I am sure i missed a few..I hope they have better engineers working on the rockets.
It really is minimal in all regards. Appreciate your commend and thanks for watching.
There is no lights on the Router and it is one of the things that bugs me about the Starlink Router. Just the stupid light on the bottom and that doesn't tell you anything. Perhaps in the future they might work on it and learn from the error of their ways and fix that issue but for now it is what we have to work with. In all my years of working in IT I have never seen a router with no lights. Been doing this for 28 years and it is just Baffling. I also notices that Starlink router is one of the most difficult routers to setup as far as the network settings and security goes. I have never had any issues ever in the past setting up any other brand with a password for the network. Usually just type in the IP address from any web browser and it it lets you login to the admin interface but not with Starlink, it says to use the MOBILE APP. It is a poor system and they should work on that. We should be able to USE A PC to access the ADMIN panel if we want to. I prefer the 32 inch screen on MY PC instead of the small screen on my phone thank you.
Yes, it is smartphone dependent.
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